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Wont be ?our concern after we go undefeated all season

 
10 minutes ago, Kent said:

Wont be ?our concern after we go undefeated all season

Whatever you are having for breakfast can you send me the recipe Kent.

2 minutes ago, old dee said:

Whatever you are having for breakfast can you send me the recipe Kent.

Oats and Yoghurt OD is all. I have a very good feeling about this year My usual pessimism has lifted for some  reason 

I can see the water!

 
2 minutes ago, Kent said:

Oats and Yoghurt OD is all. I have a very good feeling about this year My usual pessimism has lifted for some  reason 

I can see the water!

I am close berries and Yoghurt but has yet to start working, obviously I need the missing  oats 

Hopefully 4 gets it done.


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On 4/16/2021 at 7:43 PM, Pickett2Jackson said:

 

Good news AD,  since you posted after the Round 1 win we have knocked off 2 from the possibles column (GWS, Saints)  and 1 from the unlikely column  (Cats).

Agreed v. good indeed. 

On 4/17/2021 at 6:51 AM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Since the comp became 18 teams:

2012 - 14 wins without percentage

2013- 12 wins without percentage. I’m not factoring in Carlton’s 11 wins default entry

2014 - 12 without percentage 

2015 - 13 without percentage 

2016 - 12 with percentage 

2017 - 12 with percentage (the year we missed out on percentage)

2018 - 13 without percentage 

2019 - 12 without percentage 

2020 - I don’t consider this a proper season of footy.

So in conclusion, 12 with a good percentage of 13 to be absolutely safe.

 

Bolded the interesting part, will be curious to see if 2020 (9 wins) an outlier or a potential new norm. (I know there were hubs/no home games/shorter quarters and other issues), just mean that before the season started you'd have figured the 6th-12th group would be relatively close (more so than previous years IMO) and all taking wins from each other. 

 

 

On 4/17/2021 at 6:53 AM, Better days ahead said:

How many wins to get Top 4?

An assignment for another time.

I suspect 15 gets it done. We won 14 in 2018 and finished 5th, but would've finished 3rd had we just won one more game because of our excellent percentage.

 

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